Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland mission The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland had a Christian mission in the Tigray region from 1963-1975. The work focused on evangelism with practical work in education, medicine and agriculture.Reformation History website After the Derg came into power in 1974, the RPCI missionaries left, but kept in touch with the Ethiopian Christians they had met, sending humanitarian aid to Tigray during the 1983-1985 famine. Members of the RPCI returned to Tigray in 2015 and met with some of the Christians who had been connected to the mission.RPC Scotland website
Orthodox Presbyterian Church mission The Ethiopian Reformed Presbyterian Church (EPRC) was founded by missionaries of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) in the United States.
In the late 1990s, the OPC sent a missionary to work in Ethiopia. In 1998, the first ERPC congregation was established in Addis Ababa.OPC website, New Horizons magazine, Nov 2021, page 10 By 2017, the ERPC had 10 congregations with a seminary and a theological college.OPC Annual report (2017)
In 2020, the OPC continued to support the ERPC with funding for ministering to young children in poverty, to individuals affected by HIV, and others in the church.OPC General Assembly minutes 2021, page 292
Grace Reformed Church The Ethiopian Grace Reformed Church in Addis Ababa was established in 1998 as part of the ERPC. At the beginning there were seven believers, most of whom were members of the traditional Ethiopian Orthodox Churches.Grace Reformed Church website By 2008, it had four ordained pastorsGrace Reformed Church website and several church planting works.Grace Reformed Church websitewww.lakeopc.net/evangelical.htm
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